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Wife, mother of two teens and general ecclectic personality
Tunisia Day 7
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It was our last full day in Tunisia and it did feel like we were winding down. We met up and wrote out our evaluations of the site visit and the program in Tunisia. We then walked to the office in Tunis to attend a seminar class. A female Tunis...
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Tunisia Day 6
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After a lovely breakfast, we set off in our four-wheel drives for a new day of adventures. We had been reading about the large hotel complexes for the European tourists (and the effects of these on local culture), but hadn’t actually seen any. S...
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Tunisia Day 5
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We each packed an overnight bag and left the luggage in one room. We had a glitch in checking out of the hotel as keeping only one room really threw the poor desk clerk. Fortunately we had enough time to get to the airport for our flight to the ...
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Day 4
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The next day was time to get back to the business of learning about the study abroad program. After breakfast, we stopped for a quick cappuccino and continued our walk along the crowded sidewalks of downtown to the Center for Magreb Studies of Tu...
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Tunisia Day 3
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The Arabic calendar is based on the cycles of the moon and ours is based on the sun. That means dates important to Islam and Arabs move around on our calendar system. I don’t think that the planners of our trip took that in mind. It turns out our...
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It was our last full day in Tunisia and it did feel like we were winding down. We met up and wrote out our evaluations of the site visit and the program in Tunisia. We then walked to the office in Tunis to attend a seminar class. A female Tunisian entrepreneur and a woman who worked for United Nations Industry Development Organization (UNIDO) spoke on women in workplace in Tunisia. It wasn’t the most dynamic talk, which was too bad as the subject matter seemed more interesting than the ...
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After a lovely breakfast, we set off in our four-wheel drives for a new day of adventures. We had been reading about the large hotel complexes for the European tourists (and the effects of these on local culture), but hadn’t actually seen any. So we asked to at least drive past them. It was jarring to see these all-inclusive, mega-complexes on the beach, walled & gated to keep the locals out. Although there were camel rides across the street for your convenience.
Djerba has claims to...
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We each packed an overnight bag and left the luggage in one room. We had a glitch in checking out of the hotel as keeping only one room really threw the poor desk clerk. Fortunately we had enough time to get to the airport for our flight to the city of Homut Souk on the island of Djerba in Southern Tunisia. It’s the first time in over 20 years that I’ve flown in a plane with propellers. One of the things I noticed is that the flight attendants looked very stern and did not smile; they we...
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The next day was time to get back to the business of learning about the study abroad program. After breakfast, we stopped for a quick cappuccino and continued our walk along the crowded sidewalks of downtown to the Center for Magreb Studies of Tunisia (CEMAT) office. The program has an agreement with the center and students have a seminar here once a week. It gives the students a chance to get downtown and away from the suburbs.
Unfortunately for me on the walk there I tripped and fel...
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The Arabic calendar is based on the cycles of the moon and ours is based on the sun. That means dates important to Islam and Arabs move around on our calendar system. I don’t think that the planners of our trip took that in mind. It turns out our second full-day in Tunisia was the Al-Mouled holiday. This is the prophet’s birthday. The Fundamentalists of the Islamic faith believe that worshiping his birthday is sacrilege; however Tunisians celebrate it as a family holiday. Also there is a ...
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Belles of Bedlam,
California Renaissance Faire,
Camping,
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Country Garden Dancers,
Dancers Meet Musicians,
Disneyland,
Faire Folk,
FKN RKRS!,
Hey! It's the RPFS Tribe!!,
Karla Fan Club,
Misfit Nation,
Recipes-Healthy Creations,
renaissance food,
RenFaire Costume Addicts,
RenFaire Music,
RenFaireFolk,
So. Cal. Hiking!,
The Dance Card,
The Lords of Laughter,
The Merry Wives of Windsor,
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August 25, 2006
Barbara has an energy that I'm in awe at. She's commanding as well as sincerely kind. I'm sure, being human, she's made mistakes, but examining her life, you won't find reminents of them. Her beautiful children have turned out amazing. She has a wonderful marriage filled with warmth and loving devotion. I could only dream of having just a smidge of her luck.
June 4, 2006
How do I feel about Barbara? That's simple; how do i feel about my right arm? I couldn't live without her. Now I know that sounds like a simple, toss-off exagaration of affection that's used right and left these days. I don't mean it in that sense.
I mean it in the sense that comes with being married to her for over half my life. In the sense that I love her more now than I did when were first married. I can still get lost in her beautiful blue eyes.
Barbara is a beautiful soul, wrapped in blanket of quiet stubborness that makes here determined to get things done in what she sees as the right way. Day to day she's generally reserved, doing her job at a level of competence everyone (except herself) marvels at.
I know her secret, however. In side that reserved exterior dwells Barbara-the-Pirate; ready to travel the globe in search of adventure, booty, and rum drinks at the drop of a hat.
Lucky me, I get to go with her. Just as soon as we pay down the mastercard.....
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